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Good and bad meetings

  • Done right, meetings provide an excellent structure for getting work done, making decisions, and moving projects forward. 
  • Done incorrectly, meetings keep you from focusing on your most important priorities and are a complete waste of your time.

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Streamline

  • Have an agenda: Make sure that no meeting wanders aimlessly without clarity about why you’re meeting and what you’re hoping to accomplish. 
  • Have a facilitator: He can explain the agenda, keep the conversation flowing in the right direction and make sure that everyone ha...

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Eliminate

  • Don’t schedule meetings: The answer to every issue or to moving ahead every project isn’t scheduling a meeting. 
  • Don’t attend meetings: You don’t have to accept every meeting invite you receive. Go to and be fully present at meetings where you have something to contribu...

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Reduce

  • Reduce frequency: Not all meetings need to be weekly. Reduce them to however often you need to stay on track.
  • Reduce length: Your default could be 30 minutes or 45 minutes.
  • Reduce drive-by meetings: Informal meetings can be valuable. But they can also be ...

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